title: Markers of oxidative stress and antioxidant activity in plasma and erythrocytes in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.
abstract: Markers of oxidative stress and antioxidant activity in plasma and erythrocytes were studied for 14 d after birth in infants with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (n = 9) and controls (n = 36). In plasma, the total radical trapping antioxidant capacity and the chain-breaking antioxidants vitamin C, sulfhydryl groups and bilirubin were similar. The differences in uric acid levels were not consistent, but vitamin E levels and vitamin E/total-lipid ratio were lower in the neonatal respiratory distress group (p < 0.01). In erythrocytes, the antioxidant enzymes glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase and superoxide dismutase did not differ postnatally. Indicators of oxidative damage in plasma (sulfhydryl/protein ratio and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances) showed the same postnatal course in both groups and were not influenced by oxygen therapy. In erythrocytes the reduced/oxidized glutathione ratio showed no consistent differences. In conclusion, this study, using erythrocytes and plasma, does not provide convincing evidence of oxidative damage and diminished antioxidant defenses in preterm infants with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Unit of the Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Zoeren-Grobben
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lindeman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Houdkamp
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Moison
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Wijnen
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010949:Plasma / Q000378:metabolism*; D011379:Prognosis; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D015415:Biomarkers